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Russia violates Finnish airspace

Finland's state defence ministry on Wednesday said it had sent three jet fighters over the Gulf of Finland after two Russian aircraft violated its airspace, reports The Independent. "An airspace violation has been confirmed off the coast near Porvoo," said the ministry. The incident occurred on Tuesday.

Britain wants to negotiate with Brussels the end date of the Brexit transition period - without saying what their preferred end date would be. The UK's position paper disagrees with the EU on other key points too.